1665 – Dutch politician Nicolaas Witsen visits the politically powerful Patriarch Nikon, head of the Russian Orthodox church in Moscow
1917 – Eugene Bullard gains his pilot’s license from Aéro-Club de France and becomes the 1st African-American military pilot (French Air Service)
1921 – First ranger for Cleveland Metroparks is hired
1962 – “West Side Story” soundtrack album goes #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks, more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
1971 – Courtney, Courtney, and Link’s musical “Earl of Ruston” opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, runs for 5 performances
1999 – 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw win
2008 – American/Columbia Records releases “Home Before Dark”, the twenty-seventh studio album by Neil Diamond; tops charts in US, UK and NZ
2018 – Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] releases the music video to new single “This is America” to wide acclaim
2020 – São Luis, in Maranhão state becomes the first Brazilian city to enter lockdown because of COVID-19 as its health services struggle to cope
2021 – Baltimore Orioles pitcher John Means no-hits Seattle Mariners, 6-0 at T-Mobile Park, Seattle